The Ontario Provincial Police’s anti-rackets branch is looking into a company that has received more than $40-million from the provincial government, in order to determine whether to launch a criminal investigation.
Theforce confirmed on Friday that the government had referred “suspicious activity” related to transfer payments to the company, an online counselling platform called Get A-Head.
Jarrod Dyer Cambridge says he can go another week before washing his Tyson Philpot jersey — at least until the end of Sunday’s Grey Cup championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Montrealer hasn’t washed the wide receiver’s No. 6 jersey since the Canadian Football League season began in June and has worn it to every Alouettes game since then. He believes leaving the jersey steeped in body odour is good luck — washing it can jinx the team.
The interim Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report Friday that includes strong criticism of the Liberal government’s 2025 budget, saying it takes an overly broad definition of capital spending and includes fiscal targets that are unlikely to be met.
One key element of the Nov. 4 budget was a new financial presentation that divides all spending into either operational or capital spending.
The former registrar of the Real Estate Council of Ontario was contemplating an unusual deal with the principals of iPro Realty Ltd. just minutes after learning of a multimillion-dollar shortfall in consumer trust accounts held by one of Ontario’s largest brokerages.
That was among the findings of a recent report from Dentons LLP to investigate RECO’s mishandling of the iPro situation. It was commissioned by RECO’s board of directors on Aug. 22, the same day that registrar Joseph Richer left the organization.
OneSoccer says the snowy Nov. 9 CPL final between Atlético Ottawa and Calgary has topped a billion views, powered by David Rodríguez’s viral “icicle kick.”
A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed a series of brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in Northern Ontario.
Many words have been used to describe Tony Merchant. He’s been called “the king of class action” (Regina Leader-Post), “living proof of the maxim that there is no such thing as bad publicity” (Maclean’s magazine), “The Merchant of Menace,” (Globe and Mail), “quite possibly the last guy you want to see across from you in a court of law” (Canadian Lawyer Magazine), “a god in my eyes” (former client Flora Northwest), a man of “sleazy standards” (former PC MP Jim Balfour) and “candid, intelligent, loyal, organized, goal-organized and productive, made for television” (Tony Merchant).
One of Canada’s best known and arguably most controversial lawyers, Mr. Merchant was a politician, radio host, and pugnacious litigator who filed reams of class-action lawsuits on everything from asbestos to breast implants, repeatedly battled allegations of unethical behaviour and financial impropriety, and ultimately became the single biggest advocate for – and beneficiary of – the federal government’s settlement payout to survivors of Indigenous residential schools.
FILE-- Regina lawyer Tony Merchant, of the Merchant Law Group, is shown in this 1993 file photo. Merchant said Thursday his law offices across the country have been flooded with calls from people furious at the federal government's offer of a one-time, $20,000 payment for those who meet strict eligibility requirements. (CP PHOTO/Regina Leader Post - files) Canada
Tuffy, the four-legged Calgary Stampeders mascot, has been a tradition at Grey Cup week for decades. The horse made quite an entrance in downtown Winnipeg. (Nov. 13, 2025)
A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario.
A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral artery through the groin and thread it up to the brain, then inject contrast dye that allows the medical team to see any problems in the blood vessels with an X-ray.
Good morning. For the next year, The Globe will be exploring our relationship with time, for better and for worse. More on that below, plus news on pharmaceutical temperature troubles and India’s issue with pollution. But first:
Twenty years ago, Cosmo Jacobson was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Crown witness who had been set to testify against him for charges in an earlier home-invasion case.
Last week, he participated as a speaker at a seminar for some judges on the Ontario Court of Justice in a panel about the treatment of inmates and conditions of life behind bars.
Now, some attendees are complaining. A written statement from Jason Gennaro, a spokesman for the court, said some had “expressed concerns about the panel.” Correspondence was sent to all 356 judges on the Court of Justice to acknowledge the concerns.
The Durham Regional Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in locating Cosmo Joseph JACOBSON, age 27, who escaped custody at about 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, September 27th) while being transported to the court facility at 605 Rossland St. in Whitby.
JACOBSON, of Pickering, is charged with one count of First Degree Murder in connection with the death of former Metro Trade Centre security supervisor Roy Dennis Jones. He was shot near his home in Ajax in February 2001. JACOBSON is described as a male black, about 6 feet tall, wearing a black windbreaker, black pants and dreadlocks in his hair.
Nathan Rourke led a West Division sweep of the CFL’s individual awards Thursday night.
The B.C. Lions quarterback earned the George Reed Trophy as the CFL’s outstanding player and was also named top Canadian at the league’s awards banquet. Rourke joins Brady Oliveira, Jon Cornish, Russ Jackson and Tony Gabriel as the only players to capture both honours in the same year.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday said an agreement with Ottawa is expected to be signed in the coming days that would address federal regulations she has repeatedly said hamper private-sector investment in the energy industry.
The Premier said she is also encouraged by the latest batch of projects announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney this week that will be fast-tracked through his government’s newly created Major Projects Office, headed by former Trans Mountain Corp. chief executive Dawn Farrell in Calgary.
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